Articles by J.P. Skelly

Dakota Wesleyan University President Amy C. Novak, Ed.D. was introduced today as the next president of St. Ambrose University, a private, Catholic institution of more than 3,000 students located in Davenport, Iowa. Dr. Novak will [Read More…]

Alpine Investors, a people-driven private equity firm committed to building enduring middle-market software and services companies, announced a strategic partnership and growth investment in Innovative Systems, a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise software for the [Read More…]

The Mitchell Police Community Camera Registration Program is a voluntary record of home or business security cameras, meant to assist officers during an investigation. In the event of a critical incident or criminal investigation, business [Read More…]

On Monday, January 11th,  between 5:07 PM and 5:30 PM an individual was struck by an unknown vehicle in a parking lot in the 200 block of North Rowley, Mitchell SD.  This individual sustained serious [Read More…]

Mitchell Police have arrested 27-year-old Jose Morales Acevedo and 28-year-old Luis Perez-Melendez for  2nd Degree murder in the shooting death of a 38-year-old male victim in Mitchell late Saturday night. The name of the victim [Read More…]

On Wednesday, January 6th at 10:08 am the Mitchell Department of Public Safety responded to heavy black smoke coming out of a train car parked in the train yard near the intersection of Kimball and [Read More…]

It’s been a source of rumors for several years, and now Mitchell’s former Super K-Mart store has a new owner. Runnings based in Marshall, Minnesota announced it’s purchasing the property from GFI-Mitchell Investments Partnership. Plans [Read More…]

The Mitchell Fire Department responded to the report of smoke showing in the railyard at the corner of Railroad and South Kimball Street. At approximately 10:07 AM on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, fire crews arrived [Read More…]

The plowing of east-west streets within the City will begin at 5:00 am December 30th, Wednesday morning. Any vehicles parked on the east – west streets at that time will be subject to ticket and [Read More…]

The City of Mitchell is declaring a snow emergency effective at 9:30 am Tuesday, December 29th in anticipation of the expected snowfall amounts and rate of snowfall . All vehicles shall be removed from Snow [Read More…]

Now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccines, Avera has been administering the first doses that have been allocated by the state to frontline health care workers. A [Read More…]

Authorities are investigating a shooting incident that took place around 2 am Sunday in the 700 block of South Rowley in Mitchell. The Mitchell Police Department confirms officers responded to a report of a person [Read More…]

COVID Report by Building: Data as of 12.16.2020. Longfellow: Active Cases:      0 Total Confirmed Cases: 8 Recovered Count Case: 8 Gertie Belle Rogers: Active Cases:      3 Total Confirmed Cases: 16 Recovered Count Case: 13 L.B. [Read More…]

South Dakota’s nationally recognized colleges, Mitchell Technical College of Mitchell and Lake Area Technical College of Watertown were deeply honored to receive the news that they are the recipients of significant impact gifts from philanthropist [Read More…]

The Mitchell School Board is holding its December 14th meeting virtually. Here are directions for accessing the meeting electronically. The board meeting will be held in virtual format. Members of the public and all interested [Read More…]

COVID Report by Building: Data as of 12.2.2020. Longfellow: Active Cases:      1 Total Confirmed Cases: 7 Recovered Count Case: 6 Gertie Belle Rogers: Active Cases:      2 Total Confirmed Cases: 7 Recovered Count Case: 5 L.B. [Read More…]

COVID Report by Building: Data as of 11.18.2020.   Three different categories of affected students/employees are included here: Active Case Count (Those with active cases of COVID-19.) Total Confirmed Case Count (Both active and recovered [Read More…]

Mayor Everson has issued Executive Order 2020-04 (link to the executive order is listed below) in response  to COVID-19 that enacts additional restrictions within the City of Mitchell due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and its [Read More…]

The Mitchell Chamber, Development Corporation, and Main Street Annual Recognition Event was held virtually via Zoom on Tuesday, November 17, 2020. This annual event honors and celebrates local businesses and individuals for their commitment to [Read More…]

Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mitchell United Way managed to exceed its $350,000 campaign goal. Executive Director Dave Stevens says the final tally is $386,024. “We did lower our goal from last [Read More…]